The Role of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in Community-Based Palliative Care Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care Director of Professional Practice, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Palliative Nurse Practitioner, North Shore Medical Center
Join us for upcoming CAPC webinars and virtual office hours Webinars: ➔ – Identifying and Managing Frail Patients in the Community: A Look at a Coordinated Care Model Tuesday, January 19 from 1:30 — 2:30 PM ET Visit Featured Presenter: Balu Gadhe, MD www.capc.org/ providers/ Virtual Office Hours: ➔ webinars-and- – Promoting Partnerships in Primary & Specialty Care - Office & Outpatient virtual-office-hours/ Clinics with Connie Dahlin • February 9, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. ET – Metrics that Matter for Hospices running Palliative Care Services with Lynn Hill Spragens, MBA • January 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET – Planning for Community-Based Care with Jeanne Twohig, MPA Virtual Office Hour • January 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. ET – NEW! Risk Assessment for Opioid Substance Use Disorder with Andrew E. Esch, MD, MBA • January 20, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. ET – Palliative Care Models in the Community with John Morris, MD, FAAHPM • January 20, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. ET – Palliative Care in the Home with Donna W. Stevens, BS • January 21, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. ET 2
Objectives ➔ Articulate the role of the Palliative APRN ➔ Discuss the benefits of APRN utilization in community-based palliative care ➔ Examine four models from the literature emphasizing the APRN ➔ Describe reimbursement for APRNs in community-based palliative care 3
Rationale for APRN Utilization Although research suggests that APRNs are well equipped to deliver safe & effective care, legal, regulatory, institutional, & cultural barriers prevent many from practicing to the full extent of their training and education. We need to change that to make the best use of health care’s human capital . The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Lloyd H. Dean, CEO, Dignity Health, and member, strategic advisory committee 4
APRN Positioned to Meet Needs of Palliative Care Population ➔ APRNs able to fill all aspects of community- based palliative care core services – Consultation – Complex pain & symptom management – Complex medical decision making – Medication management/reconciliation – Advance care planning – Counseling – Care coordination/case management 5
APRN Positioned to Meet Needs of Palliative Care Population ➔ APRN well-suited to meet gap of palliative care needs in: – home, – rehabilitation setting, – and long term care setting ➔ Can assure 24/7 coverage to avoid emergent hospital visits & admissions which are costly ➔ Help with financial aspects of cost avoidance 6
OVERVIEW OF THE APRN ROLE 7
American Nurses Association ➔ Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is a regulatory & protected title that includes 4 roles: Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) ➔ In palliative care, only CNS & NP are recognized for specialty practice. ➔ Core palliative nursing competencies and scope of practice are defined by ANA and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. 8
National Council of State Boards of Nursing ➔ Sets the national requirements for practice ➔ APRN’s primary focus is direct patient care, unless DNP or PhD. ➔ The 2008 Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education (LACE) delineated graduate education within six populations: – Adult/Geriatrics, – Pediatrics, – Neonatal, – Women’s Health/Gender Related, – Family, and – Psychiatric/Mental Health. ➔ Oncology, palliative care, & nephrology are specialty APRN practice 9
Clinical Nurse Specialist or Nurse Practitioner ➔ Be a registered professional nurse who is authorized by the state in accordance with state law; ➔ Be certified as a clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner by a recognized national certifying body that has established standards ➔ Possess a master’s degree in nursing or a doctoral nursing degree from an accredited program DHHS 2011 10
Collaboration ➔ Collaboration occurs when CNSs or NPs work with one or more physicians to deliver health care services ➔ Medical direction & appropriate supervision is provided as required by the law of the State in which the services are furnished ➔ Some states require collaboration; others may use the terms “supervise,” “delegate,” or “direct,” or may mandate use of protocols or a mix of all of these terms Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 11
Hospice and Palliative APRN Scope of Practice ➔ Both CNSs and NPs can be primary care providers ➔ For hospice & palliative care patients - – Take health histories & conduct physical examinations – Diagnose & treat acute and chronic problems – Interpret diagnostic results – Manage medications & other therapies ➔ Provide case management and care coordination services for patients with serious illness ➔ Plan and run disease prevention & health maintenance programs for patients with serious illness 12
FOUR APRN COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE MODELS 13
Four APRN Community-based Palliative Care Models 1) Palliative APRN consultant in a community oncology practice 2) Primary care palliative APRN provider in a clinic 3) Palliative APRN consultant in the home – Small City 4) Palliative APRN consultant in the home – Large Urban City 14
Palliative APRN in Clinic Practice ➔ Site – Lake Health/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Mentor, OH; initiated in 2007 ➔ Description - Collaboration between a hospice & a community hospital oncology practice ➔ Clinical Responsibility – Consultative & Co-Management Model ➔ Type of Program - Palliative CNS from a hospice was integrated into a community oncology setting to provide PC consultative services to adult patients with advanced cancer ➔ Findings - Patients in the PC arm experienced significantly lower mortality rate at 4 months & were 84% less likely to be hospitalized. 15
APRN Primary Palliative Care Clinic ➔ Site – University of WA Harborview Hospital, Seattle, WA; initiated in 2006 ➔ Description - All NP clinic that grew from inpatient palliative care service & office-based nurse case management service ➔ Clinical Responsibility - Co-Management & Primary Care ➔ Type of Program - Currently serve approximately 500 patients & families with serious illness for primary & palliative care ➔ Findings - Improved symptom management & decreased emergency department utilization over time 16
Palliative APRN in the Home – Small City Program ➔ Site – Hospice of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; initiated in 2009 ➔ Description – NP provision of full range of palliative care services to patients with life limiting illness in their homes ➔ Clinical Responsibility - Consultative and Co-Management Model ➔ Description - Partnership between a HHA, Hospice (Inpatient Unit) & Cancer Center resulting in a collaboratively run clinic In person visits, & telephone calls ➔ Findings – High continuity & high hospice referral rate 17
Palliative APRN in the Home – Large Urban Program ➔ Site – Beth Israel Hospital, Pain and Palliative Care Division, New York, NY; initiated in 2003 ➔ Description – Outgrowth from academic palliative care service ➔ Clinical Responsibility - Consultative & Co-Management Model ➔ Type of Program ➔ Palliative NP/SW team in a particular region of the city ➔ Palliative NP embedded into a hospice program ➔ Findings – ➔ NP/SW model followed 114 home patients for 350 visits; initial visit $238 /follow-up visit $102 -170 ➔ APRN in hospice resulted in 360% increase in hospice referrals • $1.875 million yield 18
Observation of Models ➔ Palliative APRNs in all settings (clinic, home, hospice), although NP more common than CNS ➔ Mix of palliative care service delivery ➔ Clinical responsibility primarily consultative & co- management ➔ Reimbursement affected APRN usage 19
Established Community-based Palliative Care Programs with High APRN Utilization HOME ➔ Lehigh Valley Health System, OACIS (Optimizing Advanced Complex Illness Support), – Lehigh Valley PA ➔ Journey Care – Chicago, IL ➔ University of Alabama, ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise Before Life Ends) - Birmingham, AL 20
Established Community-based Palliative Care Programs with High APRN Utilization OFFICE ➔ Spartanberg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanberg, SC ➔ Palliative Care Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA ➔ Bridgeport Hospital Outpatient Palliative Care, Bridgeport, CT 21
UTILIZATION AND REIMBURSEMENT 22
Utilization of Palliative APRNs for Complex Patients Each state has a legal definition in its statutes or regulation that defines APRN practice with consideration of their education & training. ➔ In order to bill, the APRN scope of practice must allow the APRN to take a history, perform a physical examination, make a diagnosis, & provide treatment ➔ Billable if beyond the RN level of care. Specifically, if services can be performed by RN, then cannot be billed. Buppert 2012, Hamric 2014, Hanson 2014. 23
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